Purge Criteria - Payables Transactions

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When you select all desired options in the Purge wizard and then start the purge process, the wizard analyzes whether individual transaction and maintenance records can be deleted based on a number of criteria. This topic describes the criteria that determine when payables transactions will not be purged.

Purchase Orders

A purchase order is retained if one of the following is true:

The transaction date is greater than the purge-through date.
The purchase order is still open.
The purchase order good-through date is greater than the purge-through date.

Purchase Transactions, Including Vendor Credit Memos and Beginning Balances

A purchase transactions is retained if one of the following is true:

The transaction date is greater than the purge-through date.
The transaction is not fully paid—that is, there is still a net amount due, either negative or positive.
The transaction has been paid by a payment that cannot be purged.
The transaction has been paid by a vendor credit memo that cannot be purged.
The transaction is a vendor credit memo that pays a purchase that cannot be purged.
The transaction is related to a job that cannot be purged.
The transaction uses a general ledger account that requires reconciliation AND the transaction has not been reconciled.
The transaction is related to a purchase order that cannot be purged.
The transaction was reconciled after the purge-through date.

Payments and Prepayments

A payment is retained if one of the following is true:

The transaction date is greater than the purge-through date.
The transaction date is greater than the end date of the closed payroll tax year.
The transaction applies to a purchase invoice, vendor credit memo, receipt from a vendor, or prepayment that cannot be purged.
The transaction relates to an unpurged purchase order.
The transaction relates to a job that cannot be purged.
The transaction uses a general ledger account that requires reconciliation AND the transaction has not been reconciled.
The transaction is a prepayment that has not been fully applied—that is, the remaining amount is not equal to zero.
The transaction is a prepayment that applies to a receipt that cannot be purged.
The transaction was reconciled after the purge-through date.

Vendor Refunds

A refund is retained if one of the following is true:

The transaction date is greater than the purge-through date.
The transaction is not fully applied—that is, there is still a net amount due, either negative or positive.
The transaction relates to a receipt that cannot be purged.
The transaction uses a general ledger account that requires reconciliation AND the transaction has not been reconciled.
The transaction was reconciled after the purge-through date.